Traditional Yoga School in India, School of Santhi Yoga School, Trivandrum, Kerala, South India for spiritual seekers!
Santhi, Swami Santhi Santhiprasad, School of Santhi Yoga School
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Testimonials - School of Santhi Yoga School in India:

Student, Italy:
When Santhi guides you into Meditation or speaks about the Science of Yoga; Siva Raja Yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Swara Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Prana or reveal the deeper and truer aspects of the Chakra natures, when he explains the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali or gives you practical guidance in proper breathing, pranayama or asanas, it is guided, in every moment of the instruction, from the love and devotion of a true Spiritual Master. "Love is the source and is in every one of us". Santhi addresses to the spirit of the heart, not only to the mind.
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Angelo Ricciardi, Italy & Bali:
I am trying to figure out what could I say about Santhi and about my experiences with him ...

Countless words are coming in my brain, at the same time an inner feeling to keep silent rise in within me ...

Santhi is a Guru.

This word in it's beauty and simplicity, explain him. At the same time no words can substitute the experience to live with him.

Santhi as a Master has to be "lived" not talked about.

I have the highest respect for him and love and gratitude for the gifts he bestowed to me through his grace, blessings and teachings.

Thanks Santhi
Thanks

Angelo Ricciardi
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Maddalena Malberti, Italy:

Our Master Santhiprasad! A lot of fun with Santhi when we met last time, as it often happens. He told us the story of the poor desperate Hebrew alone in the desert, who invokes his Lord, asking him to relieve his suffering:

“My Lord, listen to my misery, please help your desperate son. Great it’s my misfortune: My son became a Christian!! Oh My Lord, please help me, tell me something“. The poor man keeps invoking, but no answer. All of a sudden, a voice from the Heaven: “My dear son, I know, the same has happened to me, too”.

This is one of the features of Santhi which makes you fell him very close, his spontaneity and his open mind. And when we speak about our personal problems his answers always come from his life experience and from his love towards all beings, flowing to everyone. “Be yourselves and keep observing. Look inside”. “The moral laws are a creation of the society. The only true sin is the one against your consciousness. The only sin is conflict”.

During the meditation he invites you to feel the same innocence as when we were newborn babies and we knew only love and innocence and to find within ourselves this innocence and this love. With a great love he explains with a smile that in the spirituality there is nothing mysterious or complicate.

And when he guides the meditation or when he reveals the deepest aspects of chakras – far beyond what is found on the books – or when he explains Patanjali in a light very different from the indoctrinate teachings, when he accompanies in the practices of Pranayama, every moment of his teaching is guided by love and by his gratitude and devotion toward his Masters.

Santhi addresses to our soul, not to our mind. Yet our mind – often greedy for notions – is fascinated by his original way of explaining Yoga or Tantra, not found in any commentary.

But the theory is of no use and becomes only a kind of attachment if it doesn’t come to real life. The knowledge leads us along the way to the source, to love.

We all are unique and everyone in her/his research can follow her/his own nature. Whether action or meditation, asanas or relaxation, study
or devotion, the important is to be in harmony and in peace within ourselves, because the practice is not an end in itself, it’s an help and a tool to transform and evolve toward knowledge and happiness, toward liberation, which is Union.

Words are limited, yet I tried to share the love and the nourishment which I received from Santhi.

Love
Maddalena Malberti
Italy

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Pavitra Mayi, United States:
Before I attended the School of Santhi TTC course in India I thought I understood Yoga. I could perform many difficult asanas and various breathing techniques and this is what I knew as Yoga. I often dealt with ups and downs physically and emotionally. I visited the chiropractor, acupuncturist and physical therapist on a regular basis. I struggled with posture because of pain in my neck and thoracic cavity from a car accident.

Now I know that Yoga is everything. Now I eat, sleep, breath, and share yoga with a higher understanding. I now have the ability to cure and heal my own challenges, and facilitate the healing and deeper relaxation of others.

I have been living pain free since and have not visited any therapists. I can adjust my own spine through asana and pranayama exercises. I owe a great amount of thanks to Santhi and all the great masters previous and Patanjali, Sudha, and Kanaka for facilitating this transformation. Now it is my job to share this gift with others the best way I know how through love and movement.

Sa-hum,
Pavitra Mayi
Love lights our path!!!
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Nirmala Mayi, Australia:

I can thouroughly recommend Santhi. He is the most incredible man I have met in my life. Not only will you learn at a very high standard to teach Yoga but you will also be in the presence of a Spiritual Master.

He is a humble man but extremely knowledgable. The course was more of a personal study of one's Self. I moved through a lot of blocks that I had being around Santhi. Some days I cried, some days I laughed but there also was much silence and stillness.

Santhi really comes from the heart. He is a beautiful Soul ... and very smart. I love him dearly and can genuinely call him my friend after spending the month there. He has a refined taste.

You will stay in clean and beautiful accomodation but nothing too lavish. He will look after you in all ways. Please trust me. This is the best thing you will ever do in your life. I also had been to India many times but this training is special. You will never forget it.

I started to give classes the first week I arrived back to Australia! I had so much confidence. I am gaining clientele here and feel Santhi around me in Spirit when
I give classes.

Much love and namaste!
Leslie Franklin
Nirmala Mayi
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Nirmala Mayi, Australia:
I have always been interested in yoga and have practised yoga since I was 16 years old and I have always dreamed of going to India to study yoga to become a teacher.

One day I was looking online and found the School of Santhi. The site somehow attracted my attention and I made an enquiry. I was impressed with the immediate response from the school. I had to look at timing for the course and my finances. However, life went on as usual, and I became caught up in my own world and put India out of my head.

One day when I once again was feeling down and out, I received an email from Santhi, the Master Yoga Teacher at School of Santhi. He in short asked me if I was coming to India to do the course. Something about the timing of the email and the way I was feeling made me ask myself if I could do it or not.

The course was starting in two weeks and I had a lot to prepare to go but a voice inside me was saying 'yes, you can go, just do it' So I raced around like a mad idiot
for two weeks and was on the plane to India two weeks later.

In that time, I had clear communication with Santhi and he provided me with all the information I needed to know. His calm and intelligent voice reassured me that I was doing the right thing.

When I arrived in Trivandrum India, two of Santhi’s staff greeted me at the airport. I immediately understood that I was in safe company. They had organized lodging for me up until when the course started. The accommodation they choose was clean and affordable. They escorted me to the hotel.

One hour after arrival I received a phone call from Santhi welcoming me. He advised me that we would be meeting the night before the course for an introductory session.
I arrived at School of Santhi. Here we were introduced to Santhi's Swedish wife, Ingrid Bergstrand and some of Santhi's students. We were a small group. One American, one Scottish and one Dutch girl and myself, an Australian, four students in total.

Santhi opened the group with a meditation and then continued to tell us about the course, the daily schedule etc.

There was no problem with paying Santhi. Everything was clean and honest and above board. Santhi is to be totally trusted on that level. Santhi told us we had to meet next morning at 6 am. The next day when we arrived Santhi was there waiting for us.

We opened each day with a meditation for one hour. Santhi's presence made us feel very calm. He guided us directly into deep meditation and silence. Already on the first day, there was a sense of unity between us, the students and Santhi.

After meditation, we started asana's. Watching Santhi do asana's was impressive. We were in the presence of a Yoga Master, there was no doubt. I felt a wave of relief and grace and thanks simultaneously because I had chosen to do this course or it had chosen me, whichever way I was smiling!

I thought the asana's were easy and basic (having done many classes) but I knew that this was the first day and I told myself to take it easy. We stopped to eat breakfast. Our first breakfast was an opportunity to get to know the other students better. I felt at ease with the girls and it looked as though we would all be getting on well.

Santhi and his staff Kanaka Raghavan ate breakfast with us at the same table always. In fact, every meal, we ate always together. After breakfast, Santhi started his teachings.

We sat, listened, picked up our pens, and took notes. Santhi spoke clearly and distinctly. We understood that yoga was not just a practice of perfecting asana's but a whole way of living, a deep and intense self study into the mind, body and spirit.

On the first day, one of the girls had a breakdown and started crying. Santhi explained that there might be tears within this month. That certain things we learn would trigger emotional response. We then took a brake for lunch and once again, we were offered amazing vegetarian cuisine. In fact, in the whole month almost every day there was a new dish. Breakfast, lunch and dinner was always a new feast.

After lunch, we would sit for more teachings and then at 5pm we would start Asana's until 8.30 and then dinner and bed. In total the Yoga asana's lasted for about five hours a day.

At first I thought the were very basic but as time moved on we went into much more difficult and intense asana's. Every day we built on top of what we did the day before. Santhi was very patient with us.

We had the opportunity to be ourselves and if we had problems, we could express them. If Santhi saw the asana needed correcting, he would correct us into the posture. We learned over 60 asana's within the month, where as most yoga schools teach only about 16 asana's. We had to learn the Sanskrit names of each asana which was challenging. Our 30 days went on as did as the first day, a mix between asana's and teachings.

By the second day I realised that I was in the presence of a Spiritual Master and I could not believe how lucky I was to have an intense month with a small group with such a person.

We covered so much in the month. Kundalini Yoga was the most interesting aspect for me. Santhi would spend one day going through each chakra. This is different however from the 'Kundalini Yoga' that I was expecting to learn. I thought that it might be the same yoga as what was taught by 'Yogi Bhajan' in America but it was very different. However saying that I have never done Kundalini yoga with a Yogi Bhajan teacher as a teacher training. Although I have done many 'Kundalini Yoga' classes.

In Santhi's kundalini yoga classes we would go in depth into each chakra and learn its elements, its aspects, its healing properties etc. We are learning with Santhi, Kundalini yoga from it's most ancient source. The information that was given to Santhi was given through a lineage of Masters and we are learning a very pure form of Kundalini.

We also learned Sanghya yoga and the three guna's. Ashtanga yoga - the eight steps of Pantanjali, Tantric yoga, Bhakti yoga, Karma Yoga, Jnana yoga, Raja Yoga, Pranayama breathing techniques, Kriyas, Samskaras, Samadhi, Mantra's. The list can go on and on.

Santhi also provided us with an anatomy and physiology university professor to teach us the body. He also included a priest to properly teach us mantra's. Santhi was available to ask any questions at any times.

This yoga course I understood was more a course on personal spiritual discovery more than anything else. Of course saying that, please don't misunderstand me. It is an excellent certified yoga course.

As I learned all the processes, I learned so much about myself. Sometimes Santhi would speak and he would use stories that reflected exactly my own life stories. This happened not only with me but with the others in the group as well. We were deeply touched by his words.

Many times, there was tears and many times laughter. We all transformed after the course. We all even looked different. Lighter! As if some weight has been taken away from our lives. There was a glow in our eyes. We just slowly, slowly in the course peeled off a lot of layers, that were holding us back.

As we experienced the teachings within our own selves. We become teachers who experienced information for themselves! In turn we understood more on how to teach, because no teaching is appropriately taught if the teacher has not yet experienced what she / he is teaching. This is most important in teaching yoga. We all improved our asana's greatly. By the end of the month, I was doing postures that I was unable to do in the first week.

The last day was examination time. The exams were not easy. We however all passed! Phew! And received our certificates that night.

The course was ended by a celebration in transformation, which I shall not say anything about except that I am a new person after that night and the 30 day course.

This course was the best thing I have ever done in my life. I bow down to Santhi and to all those who have been before him.

with Love
Nirmala
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Ingrid Andersson, Sweden:
My meeting with Swami Santhi Santhiprasad was a change for the rest of my life. I had never before met an experienced Spiritual Yoga Master. Santhi is filled with so much love and knowledge and he share it so unpretentious, always so loving and caring towards all of his students.

With Santhi you can go deeper into yourself. You are always in safe hands when you are around Santhi and his team. He is a man who can speak to a group of people and at the same time make you feel that he is only speaking to you. It is the same every time. It is so easy to understand him and follow his instructions. He brings out the very best in you.

School of Santhi is a small Yoga School in Trivandrum, Kerala, South India. For me it is amazing that there still are schools around where the Swami is the main teacher. It is very rare to find schools like this today who teaches in small groups in the traditional way when knowledge is passed over directly from Master to student.

For me, Santhi will always will be my Spiritual Yoga Master, the great teacher and guiding star. I am very grateful it was meant for me to meet Santhi. If you are sincere in learning Yoga and are searching for an honest and respecful Spiritual Yoga Master, don´t hesitate to contact School of Santhi Yoga School in India. To spend some time or attend a course with Santhi is a great experience. Do not miss this experience!

thanks for sharing so much
with love and respect
Ingrid
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Pekka Ronkainen, Sweden:

School of Santhi have the most amazing teacher and leader - Swami Santhi Santhiprasad. I hope everybody interested in Yoga will be able to meet him. It is a blessing that he is around teaching classical Yoga. Santhi is always interesting to listen to. He is so fun. He is so experienced. He is so inspiring. We all need Santhis words of wisdom. We all need to be blessed with Santhis smile.

I am the first to recommend Santhi and School of Santhi Yoga School in India. Thanks!

Always yours
Pekka Ronkainen
School of Santhi Yoga School in India - guided by Swami Santhiprasad
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